Goswell Tomb Chest Immediately South of Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Grade II listed building in the Dartmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1986. Tomb chest.
Goswell Tomb Chest Immediately South of Church of St Mary the Virgin
- WRENN ID
- dim-kitchen-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dartmoor National Park
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1986
- Type
- Tomb chest
- Address
- Goswell Tomb Chest Immediately South of Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holne, South Hams
- OS grid reference
- SX 705 694
- Coordinates
- 50.51074, -3.82672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Goswell Tomb Chest, located immediately south of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, is a tomb chest dedicated to John Goswell, who died in 1782, and his wife Mary, who died in 1771. It is a plain rectangular block made of granite, topped with a large granite lid that features a coved cornice. An inscription tablet made of slate is set into the north side of the tomb chest.
Local climate
Goswell Tomb Chest Immediately South of Church of St Mary the Virgin receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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